Research interests:

The main research topics of mine are Tectonic Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology especially along the margins of the Anatolian Plateau. In fact, I am interested in everything that has impact on the earth surface. Geospatial technologies, geomorphic mapping, morphometric analysis and radiometric dating techniques (e.g. Cosmogenic, OSL, U-Th and 14C) are at the hypocenter of my studies. I intensely employ tools of fluvial, coastal and glacial geomorphology to understand climate-tectonic interaction. Currently, I have been involved in the projects associated with surface exposure dating of normal fault scarps in the southwestern Turkey (Datça Peninsula), geochronology of the alluvial fans along the Ecemiş Fault (Central Anatolia), geomorphology and cosmogenic dating of paleo-glacials on the Central Taurides (Southern Turkey) and climatic and tectonic hazards in the Central Pontides (northern Turkey) and coseismic deformation along the Mediterranean Coasts (Southern Turkey and Cyprus).

Biography:
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2014, Assoc. Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2012-2014, Assist., Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2009-2012, Post-Doc, German Research Center for Geosciences, GFZ Potsdam
2008-2009, Post-Doc, University of Potsdam, Institute of Geoscience
2002-2007,Geomorphologist, Maden Tetkik ve Arama Gen. Müd., Ankara
1999-2002, Res. Assist.., İstanbul Üniversitesi, Coğrafya Böl.
2008, PhD., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2002, MSc., Istanbul University, Geography Dept.
1998, Geography-Geomorphologist, Istanbul University, Geography Dept.

Most important 5 publications:

Yıldırım, C. Relative tectonic activity assessment of the Tuz Gölü Fault Zone; Central Anatolia, Turkey, Tectonophysics, 630, 183-192. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.05.023

Schildgen, T.F., Yıldırım, C., Cosentino, D., Strecker, M.R. Linking slab break-off, Hellenic trench retreat, and uplift of the Central and Eastern Anatolian plateaus. Earth-Science Reviews, 128, 147-168. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.11.006

Yıldırım, C., Melnick, D., Ballato, P., Schildgen, T.F., Echtler, H., Erginal, A.E., Kiyak, N.G., Strecker, M.R., Differential uplift along the northern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau: Inferences from marine terraces. Quat. Sci. Rev., 81, 12-28. 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.011

Yıldırım, C., Schildgen, T.F., Echtler, H., Melnick, D., Bookhagen, B., Çiner, A., Niederman, S., Merchel, S., Martschini, M., Steier, P., Strecker, M.R., Tectonic and climatic implications of fluvial incision at the northern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau based on multiple cosmogenic nuclides. Tectonics, 32, 1-14. 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tect.2006

Sarıkaya, M.A., Yıldırım, C., Çiner, A. 2015. Late Quaternary alluvial fans of Emli Valley in the Ecemiş Fault Zone, south central Turkey: Insights from cosmogenic nuclides. Geomorphology, 228, 512-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.008